Tennis legend Rafael Nadal, 35, married his longtime girlfriend Xisca Perello, 31, since 2005, in a star-studded ceremony at a castle in Mallorca on Saturday. And while Juan Carlos I, the King of Spain from 1975 to 2014, was spotted arriving alongside other famous faces at La Fortaleza to attend the wedding, Nadal’s fierce competitor and close friend Roger Federer announced he was not accepting an invitation had received
But don’t worry, the eight-time Wimbledon champion admitted he wasn’t expecting one, despite the two being great friends.
“I wasn’t invited and I didn’t expect it,” Federer said on Sunday.
“That’s no problem at all! I congratulated him on his wedding anniversary and I didn’t expect him to reply.
“I knew he had better things to do. Like having a big party,” he joked.
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“I’m happy to see him and ask him how it went.”
Federer had previously revealed that during the wedding he would be busy preparing for the Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel, his hometown.
According to reports, 350 guests were invited to the lavish ceremony, including Nadal’s close team members, his tour mates and celebrities from outside the sport.
Nadal is currently ranked No. 5 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals and has stayed at No. 1 for a total of 209 weeks.
Speaking to Spanish media on Sunday, he shrugged: “I’m going to tell you one thing, and I’m saying it with my hand on my heart.
“I understand this whole GOAT movie being built around all of that. I live in my everyday life, and my everyday life and my concerns are different from all this about being the best in history.
“I’ll be honest, this is not a show. In the end we came together as three players who have obviously done something special in the history of our sport. Nobody had done that before.
“If someone ends up winning more, then fantastic, really. Somehow the three of us far exceeded all our expectations from our youth.”
He added: “We all achieved our dream and we exceeded it by quite a bit. And the reality is that I am very happy with everything that has happened to date.
“That doesn’t mean I don’t want to continue enjoying what I do, but I don’t live with the inner agony or despair of wanting to be the one with the most[Grand Slams].
“If it comes, it comes. I don’t think my future happiness depends on whether I end up winning one more Grand Slam than Novak or Roger.
“I will continue to do what I do to continue enjoying my career to the fullest,” he smiled.